“Electric vehicle supply
equipment” means the conductors, including the underground, grounded, and
equipment grounding conductors, and the electric vehicle connectors, attachment
plugs, and all other fittings, devices, power outlets, or apparatuses that are
installed specifically for the purpose of delivering electricity from the
premises wiring to a plug-in electric motor vehicle;

“Level 2 charging” means the
provision of 208-240 volt alternate current electricity to an onboard charger
of a plug-in electric motor vehicle in a single phase with a maximum current
specified at 32 continuous amps with a branch circuit breaker rated at 40 amps
and a maximum continuous input power specified at 7.68 kilowatts; and

“Plug-in electric motor
vehicle” means a vehicle propelled to a significant extent by an electric motor
which draws electricity from a battery that is capable of being recharged from
an external source of electricity.

b. Notwithstanding any law,
rule, or regulation to the contrary, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority shall
provide, within one year after the effective date of P.L. , c. (C.
) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), that no fewer than five
percent of parking spaces of each New Jersey Turnpike or Garden State Parkway
service area having at least 100 parking spaces to which the public is invited
shall be equipped with electric vehicle charging stations.

c. The authority shall
determine, in consultation with the Board of Public Utilities, the costs to the
authority associated with the installation of, and provision of electricity
through, the electric vehicle charging stations, and shall recover such costs
from motorists who use the stations, in proportion to their use.

“Electric vehicle supply
equipment” means the conductors, including the underground, grounded, and
equipment grounding conductors, and the electric vehicle connectors, attachment
plugs, and all other fittings, devices, power outlets, or apparatuses that are
installed specifically for the purpose of delivering electricity from the
premises wiring to a plug-in electric motor vehicle;

“Level 2 charging” means the
provision of 208-240 volt alternate current electricity to an onboard charger
of a plug-in electric motor vehicle in a single phase with a maximum current
specified at 32 continuous amps with a branch circuit breaker rated at 40 amps
and a maximum continuous input power specified at 7.68 kilowatts; and

“Plug-in electric motor
vehicle” means a vehicle propelled to a significant extent by an electric motor
which draws electricity from a battery that is capable of being recharged from
an external source of electricity.

b. Notwithstanding any law,
rule, or regulation to the contrary, the South Jersey Transportation Authority
shall provide, within one year after the effective date of P.L. , c.
(C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill),, that no fewer than
five percent of parking spaces of each Atlantic City Expressway service area
having at least 100 parking spaces to which the public is invited shall be
equipped with electric vehicle charging stations.

c. The authority shall
determine, in consultation with the Board of Public Utilities, the costs to the
authority associated with the installation of, and provision of electricity
through, the electric vehicle charging stations, and shall recover such costs
from motorists who use the stations, in proportion to their use.

3. This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

This bill directs the New
Jersey Turnpike Authority and the South Jersey Turnpike Authority to equip
service areas along the toll roads under their jurisdiction with electric
vehicle charging stations which would charge plug-in electric motor vehicles.
The charging stations are required to be installed in at least five percent of
service area parking spaces in service areas with no less than 100 spaces to
which the public is invited. The authorities are directed to recover costs
associated with the charging stations from motorists who use the stations,
according to their use.

The promotion of electric
vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles, and the infrastructure needed to
recharge them, would serve to reduce the purchase of foreign petroleum that
supports an estimated 75 billion on-road vehicle miles traveled annually in the
State. New Jersey citizens, businesses and institutions pay billions of
dollars each year to foreign oil suppliers for the gasoline and diesel fuels
needed for that travel.